On this episode of the Being Properly Podcast, Forrest and Dr. Rick discover how well-intentioned self-help recommendation can drift away from science below the incentives of the eye economic system, the place overclaiming, alarmist framing, and “this one easy trick” outperforms nuance. They discuss how authority will get manufactured, how the algorithm encourages overclaiming, and the way “theories of all the things” result in misinformation. Dr. Rick and Forrest focus on whether or not seemingly innocent pseudoscientific practices can create a slippery slope, decreasing the significance of fabric proof and appearing as an on-ramp to extra consequential misinformation.
Key Matters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 2:00 The eye economic system
- 9:00 The issues with clickbait
- 18:30: The dangers of sprawling experience
- 25:15: Modality seize: when all you’ve is a hammer
- 27:15: ADHD and trauma
- 39:24: If science adjustments, what can we belief?
- 42:30: How “fringe” can turn into mainstream
- 50:10: How do you resolve who to belief?
- 1:06:00: The slippery slope of “woo”
- 1:11:35: What’s a greater different?
- 1:21:11: Recap
Forrest is now writing on Substack, try his work there.
